Former Ball State star chasing NBA dream

Jarrod Jones optimistic NBA team will draft him next Thursday

10:01 PM,
Jun. 20, 2012

Written by

THOMAS ST. MYER
| tstmyer@muncie.gannett.com

Some NBA draft sites projected Jarrod Jones to be a late first-round or early second-round selection back in January before Ball State opened Mid-American Conference play. His scoring average and consequently his NBA draft stock plummeted over the next two months, though, as his senior campaign concluded with a thud.

Jones sought to halt his slide down the draft boards back in March by flying out to Houston to train under the watchful eye of former NBA coach John Lucas. Few mock drafts project the 6-foot-9 forward to be selected Wednesday by an NBA franchise, but after three months of grueling ...